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That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton.

A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

Hostile. [R.] Southey.

it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune. Southey. Adverse possession (Law), a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person. Abbott.

Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] Wyclif. Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon.

consideration; knowledge. [Obs.] How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her Shak.

pedient; prudent. Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day. South.

The southwest wind. Milton.

Companionship; acquaintance. [Obs.] About forty years past, I began a happy affinity with William Cranmer. Burton.

atural impulse; inspiration. A poet writing against his genius will be like a prophet without his afflatus. Spence.

To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity.

To startle from quiet; to alarm. Smale foules a great heap That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep. Chaucer.

To frighten. [Archaic] "Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes." Southey.

An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.] I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront. Milton.

Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive. How affrontive it is to despise mercy. South.

To pour out or upon. [R.] I first affused water upon the compressed beans. Boyle.

Out of the way; astray. Why should he wander afield at the age of fifty-five! Trollope.

Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.

frica, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.

of. Ye shall not go after other gods. Deut. vi. 14. After whom is the king of Israel come out 1 Sam. xxiv. 14.